Hello, I am having an issue where I’m using a file and then I try to do some dimensioning and the dim command stops working. I have to quit and restart the application to continue.
Hi Brennan - when it stops working, does this mean nothing at all happens when you run the command or does it go through the motions but does not show a result, or?
okay, so the bug is happening now. I’m in top view. I type dim, nothing. I select linear dimension from the drop down and nothing. What else should I try?
We have had a similiar bug in the Office, using continuous dimensions. After using con. aligned dimensions,all dim commands stopped working until Rhino was restarted. We did not find a way to reliably force that bug to occour, as it happened sometimes after the first time using a con. dimension and sometimes after a couple.
Weird. @Brennan_Aitken-Gantz, is this only happening with the linear dimension for you? That is, consistently, that will never happen with any of the other dimension tools? Also, is this happening to one single file only? What if you save the file and then start a new file in the same Rhino session. Just draw a rectangle and then try to dimension it, does that work?
@rgr, For you this happens with all dimension tools? Is this still happening? One single file?
We don’t usually dimension by hand and my memory of that case is kind of blurry, but afair it happened using continous dims of all sort, and the same happened for the colleague, using a different file on a different computer. All Rhino installs are up to date.
In the meantime, I had it not happen again to me but I only used it once or twice since then.
When you do that, do you see the characters appear on the command line?
When you type Di, are there auto-complete choices suggested?
When you type dim, with a lower-case d, does Rhino auto-complete to Dim with an upper-case D?
When you type Dim and then press Enter, what appears next on the command line and in the command history window?
When you are in this state and press the Linear dimension toolbar button, what appears on the command line and in the command history window?
Wim,
It has happened with both linear and aligned dimension. I can check the full range next time it happens.
I don’t know if it’s across files, but my recollection is that it is per open file. I’ll check this as well.
If I save the file, close it, and reopen it - it works.
I’ll try the rectangle trick and report.
Lowell,
When I type dim nothing autopopulates in the command line. I don’t know where the toolbar is because I never use them.
If I type dim and hit return, nothing happens but the command line does reset somehow - it reflects some input has happened but nothing shows up or happens or responds. It jumps a line I think… bad memory.
I’ve been getting this dimension problem as well. Just now in fact again. Happens about once a day, and the solution is to restart the program. Please fix.
The developers have a debug version of Rhino on their systems. They can run Rhino and watch each line of code execute.
When we have a repeatable problem, they can follow the steps that cause the problem and see where the problem is in the code.
That’s why we ask for the steps to repeat the problem.